[sdiy] From a commercial standpoint -- has Eurorack "won"?

[Tom Bugs]

To a large extent, yes - but that certainly doesn't mean there aren't 
alternatives.

I've had a few people suggest I'm missing a trick for i) not upping 
production to meet demand & ii) porting things over to euro
But my ways work for me!

I ruled out wider DIY a long time ago - one has to focus. (though 
someone did recently do the Orgone Accumulator in banana frac format)
Interestingly, given the comments on 'playing live', my reason for doing 
my own niche of the existing frac niche was that the general prior fracs 
were too damn deep (due to perpendicular PCBs etc).

I think a lot depends on what people/makers want to achieve - I think a 
lot of euro module offerings come really from 'hobby' (in no ways 
denigrating) - there are only a relatively small handful of big players 
(Makenoise, Intellijel, etc)beside the wider industry big-players who 
are dipping their toes (Moog, Roland etc)

Best, Tom

On 01/05/2016 09:08, Lanterman, Aaron wrote:
> Of course, for DIY, you can build in whatever format you want, or create new crazy custom formats however the spirit moves you.
>
> I just noticed:
>
> Moog Mother-32 and Eurorack case
> Dave Smith DSM01 and DSM02
> Waldorf KB37, NW1, etc…
>
> …and modular manufacturers from the “early modern days” — people who spearheaded the resurgence of modular manufacturing, often with their own formats (MOTM, Wiard, Cyndustries) are either making Eurorack modules, or having other companies offer their modules in Eurorack.
>
> It seems like if one wanted to get into manufacturing modules “for real” and try to sell them, Eurorack is the way to go.
>
> Just curious about people’s thoughts…
>
> As an aside, Kirpatrick Audio’s format looks like it has been *incredibly* well thought out:
>
> http://www.kilpatrickaudio.com/?p=kformat_spec
>
> But alas, doesn’t seem to have caught on.
>
> As another aside, I incidentally noticed that the width and height of 500 series modules seem to match up with the frac rack format, with 1.5” width models. Of course, the power connector and target application is totally different, and 500 series need to have a particular depth.
>
> - Aaron
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